[UK]Trans woman held at Doncaster men’s prison found hanged in cell
Inmate Jenny Swift was found dead at HMP Doncaster on December 30, reports The Star.
Her death, believed to be suicide, is currently being investigated.
Formerly known as Jonathan, she was held at the private male prison in connection to the death of Eric Flanagan, 26. A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice has confirmed they were aware she was transgender when a decision was made to hold her at the Category B prison. No further explanation has yet been given on why.Transgender woman found dead in cell at Doncaster prison

[USA]Family Research Council Asks For List Of LGBT Activists At State Department
On Thursday, a group well-known to the LGBT community made a public request to President-elect Trump asking him to begin a purge of all of the federal employees at the State Department who had worked to expand LGBT equality. The Family Research Council – a lobbyist organization devoted to the opposition of LGBT equality since the 1980’s is no stranger to controversy, and has been identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-LGBT hate group.

[USA]Meet transgender teen Ian AIexander from Netflix The OA
I watched the first few episodes of “The OA” without knowing that the character “Buck” was played by trans man Ian AIexander. In fact, I hadn’t planned on watching more of the OA at all, it seemed too dark and the scenes lacked cohesiveness.

[USA]Take These Precautions Before Trump Takes Office
There are a number of measures that LGBT Asian Americans, South Asians, Southeast Asians, and Pacific Islanders should do to protect themselves and their families under a Trump Administration. I’m a civil rights lawyer by practice and I’ve consulted with other immigration attorneys, public policy experts, and other practitioners to identify issues of particular importance for our community.

[DC, USA]Court hearings stalled in D.C. trans murder case
A D.C. Public Defender Service attorney, who is credited with persuading a judge in 2013 to hand down a lighter than expected sentence for an off-duty police officer charged with firing his gun into a car occupied by three transgender women, is currently representing a man charged in the July 4 shooting death of D.C. transgender woman Deeniquia Dodds.

[PA, USA] Shortage of injectable estrogen unnerves transgender community
In June, Taya Vietro walked into her pharmacy to pick up her supply of injectable estrogen, the hormone that’s been sustaining her transition from male to female since 2012. But the drug was on back order, and the pharmacist said it wouldn’t be available for months. Vietro, a svelte, shy 27-year-old, recalls the staff trying to soothe her.